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Marvel Releases First Story Details for Generations One-Shots

Marvel Comics’ solicitations for August 2017 will land on CBR shortly, but ahead of their arrival, we’re breaking out a particular item of interest. Five of the publisher’s anticipated Generations one-shots go on sale in August, and while we’ve known which heroes will be teaming with their other-generational counterpart, the storylines bringing these team-ups to life have remained a mystery.

Even with the release of Marvel’s solicits, it remains a mystery as to how some of these meetings take place, particularly those involving currently dead heroes. However, we’ve now got our first hint as to what will happen when Marvel’s Thor’s, Hawkeyes, Hulks, Phoenixes and, yes, Wolverines come together )some of them for the first time) in the first five Generations one-shots. And while Marvel Comics’ editor-in-chief Axel Alonso seemed adamant in his assertion that Generations “isn’t some alternate reality story or some time-travel story,” the solicitation copy for several of the one-shots makes no bones about time-travel playing a major part in how the encounters — even those featuring two currently living characters — occur.

And what the heck does Apocalypse have to do with all of this?

GENERATIONS: THE UNWORTHY THOR & THE MIGHTY THOR #1

JASON AARON (W)

MAHMUD ASRAR (A/C)

Variant Cover by OLIVIER COIPEL

Variant Cover by Das Pastoras

Marvel vs. Capcom Variant Cover by TBA

Kirby 100th Anniversary Variant Cover by JACK KIRBY

CONNECTING VARIANT COVER D BY ALEX ROSS

HER HAMMER, HIS AX: A WORTHY APOCALYPSE.

When a battle goes south, Thor finds herself in ancient Egypt – facing a young Odinson!

A misguided party of Vikings has bitten off way more than they can spear. But when the prince of Asgard answers their cries for help, he ends up in a fight no axe alone can win! And Apocalypse is not one for mercy.

Can a not-yet-worthy god and a time-lost hero take on one of the world’s most powerful mutants at the height of his empire? And what does their encounter mean for the future of two Thors?

GENERATIONS: PHOENIX & JEAN GREY #1

Teenage Jean Grey is willing to do whatever it takes to avoid the fate that befell her predecessor.

But when Jean is cast through time and comes face-to-face with the newly possessed Phoenix, will she find the key to saving herself…or learn that her fate is sealed?

40 PGS./ONE-SHOT/Rated T+ …$4.99

GENERATIONS: BANNER HULK & THE TOTALLY AWESOME HULK #1

GREG PAK (W)

MATTEO BUFFAGNI (A/C)

Variant Cover by DALE KEOWN

VARIANT COVER BY JORGE MOLINA

CONNECTING VARIANT COVER E BY ALEX ROSS

Marvel vs. Capcom Variant Cover by TBA

BRUCE BANNER. AMADEUS CHO. Both have carried the curse of the Hulk. Now they come face-to-face at last – but will they meet as friends or foes?

Fan-favorite Hulk scribe GREG PAK is joined by red-hot artist MATTEO BUFFAGNI (X-MEN BLUE) for a time-bending tale that will finally answer the question on everyone’s minds: WHO IS THE STRONGEST ONE THERE IS?

40 PGS./ONE-SHOT/Rated T+ …$4.99

GENERATIONS: WOLVERINE & ALL-NEW WOLVERINE #1

TOM TAYLOR (W)

RAMON ROSANAS (A)

Cover by Jorge Molina

Variant cover by Olivier Coipel

CONNECTING VARIANT COVER C BY ALEX ROSS

Variant cover by TBA

THE TEAM-UP YOU’VE ALL BEEN ASKING FOR!

The death of WOLVERINE shook the Marvel Universe… And the ascension of the ALL-NEW WOLVERINE reimagined what a healing factor and some Adamantium claws can do!

But the amazing combination of LOGAN and LAURA is the duo you’ve been waiting for! Tom Taylor, the mind behind ALL-NEW WOLVERINE, brings you Generations…a double-Wolverine team-up for the ages!

40 PGS./ONE-SHOT/Rated T+ …$4.99

GENERATIONS: HAWKEYE & HAWKEYE #1

KELLY THOMPSON (W)

Stefano Raffaele (A)

Cover by GREG SMALLWOOD

VARIANT COVER BY ELIZABETH TORQUE

CONNECTING VARIANT COVER B BY ALEX ROSS
vVariant Cover by TBA

TWO ARCHERS. ONE-SHOT.

Kate Bishop, A.K.A. Hawkeye, finds herself smack-dab in the middle of a battle royal between the world’s most skilled sharpshooters — including an inexplicably young Clint Barton, A.K.A. the OTHER Hawkeye.

The prize? Bragging rights for being named the best, of course — oh, and you get to stay alive!

Unfortunately for Clint, several of his competitors are villains he’s taken down, making HIM a primary target.

So, on top of figuring out where and WHEN she is, Kate’s got to find a way to win this little contest of skills and keep her not-so-old pal Clint out of the crosshairs… easy, peasy.